Construction of Seongnam's Bundang-gu Public Health Center Gets Underway... Completion Targeted for Late 2028

Built with a 58 Billion Won Investment, with 10 Above-Ground Floors

Scattered Mental Health and Dementia Care Facilities to Be Brought Together in One Place

The Bundang-gu Public Health Center in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, is being rebuilt with a facility about five times larger than the existing one. Mental health and dementia care facilities that were scattered across the area will also be brought together in the new building.

Architectural rendering of the new Bundang-gu Public Health Center. Provided by Seongnam City.

Seongnam City, led by Mayor Shin Sang-jin, announced on October 29 that it had completed demolition of the above-ground floors of the existing Bundang-gu Public Health Center and was moving ahead in earnest with construction of a new facility.

The new building will be built on the existing health center site at 349 Yatap-dong, Bundang-gu. It will cover 2,992 square meters, with three basement levels and 10 above-ground floors, and have a total floor area of 13,272 square meters. The project has a total budget of 58 billion won and is scheduled for completion by the end of 2028.

The existing building has one basement level and three above-ground floors, with a total floor area of 2,753 square meters. After 33 years of use, it had become old and lacked space, limiting its ability to meet demand for health and medical services. The city received a building permit on August 25 and then proceeded with the demolition of the above-ground floors. A notice of commencement of construction was accepted on October 19.

The new building will house health and medical facilities, including examination and testing rooms, as well as a health experience center for older adults, adolescents, women and children. With the total floor area increasing to about five times its current size, space for health administration and public use will also be expanded.

The Seongnam Mental Health and Welfare Center, the Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Welfare Center, the Addiction Management Integrated Support Center, the Dementia Safety Center and the Stress Management Room, which are currently operating across separate locations due to a lack of space, will also move to the new building. The plan is to bring health and wellness facilities together in one place so residents can use them more conveniently.

Parking spaces will increase from 27 to 117. There will be 107 spaces on basement levels 1 through 3 and 10 above-ground spaces.

To continue providing health and medical services during construction, Seongnam City has been operating a temporary Bundang-gu Public Health Center at the Jeongja 1-dong Complex Public Building next to the Bundang Police Station since February 9.

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